Library, archive and information management

This publication was the outcome of a research project undertaken by a team of researchers from Queensland University of Technology and Brisbane Catholic Education Office throughout 1999-2000.

Libraries in the Twenty-First Century brings together library educators and practitioners to provide a scholarly yet accessible overview of library and information management and the challenges that the twenty-first century offers the information profession.

This book showcases new interdisciplinary academic research on the relationship between information literacy and learning.

This book, divided into two parts, provides an introduction to the quality management issues and gives a general overview to the use of ISO 9001 in the library environment.

In today's digital environment the workplace is characterised by individuals creating information perhaps independently of formal systems, or establishing new systems without knowledge of information management requirements.

Presents a broad examination of the nature of virtual worlds and the potential they provide in managing and expressing information practices through that medium, grounding information professionals and students of new media in the fundamental elements of virtual worlds and online gaming.

This book outlines issues surrounding diversity among students, faculty, and staff and how one urban university library is working to embrace and celebrate the diversity found in its building, on campus, and in the local community.

This book examines the difficulties confronting information professionals who, due to financial downturns, technological change, or personal crises, are forced to re-evaluate their career options.

Becoming Confident Teachers examines the teaching role of information professionals at a time of transition and change in higher education.

Are academic branch libraries going to be extinct in the near future?

Aimed at professionals and trainee professionals within the library and information service (LIS) fields, this book reminds the reader of the frequently ignored communication-gulf between the professional and the layman, and in particular the lack of true communication between LIS professionals and the user.

Qualitative Research and the Modern Library examines the present-day role and provides suggestions for areas that might be suited to this type of research for the purposes of evaluation.

This book outlines how network technology can support, foster and enhance the Knowledge Management, Sharing and Development (KMSD) processes in professional environments through the activation of both formal and informal knowledge flows.

This book focuses on the role of special libraries as knowledge management centres in their organisations.

This book reviews both the historical and future roles that public, private, academic and special libraries have in supporting and shaping society at local, regional, national and international levels.

This book describes and discusses the convergence of library and technology support in higher education.

A Librarian's Guide on How to Publish discusses the publishing strategies needed for the development of skills that are essential for successful job requirements and the production of quality print and electronic publications.

Academic librarians and university instructors worldwide are grappling with an increasing incidence of student plagiarism.

The proliferation of online access to social science statistical and numeric data sources, such as the U.

Aimed at professional librarians and archivists, this book explores connecting students and faculty with the archival and digital collections of the university's library and archives.

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The changing nature of education and training systems in Japanese firms is reviewed with focus on developments of management education in Japanese universities.

Reviews the current landscape of scholarly communications and publishing and potential futures, outlining key aspects of transition to best possible futures for libraries and librarians.

This books is aimed at publishers, librarians, printers, communications professionals and anyone who has an interest in the past, present and future of the book.

This key book examines the role of the printed book in contemporary societies, its demographics and its relation to the other media.

This book provides a practical guide to developing and maintaining an electronic open access peer-reviewed scholarly journal.

Content Licensing is a wide-ranging and comprehensive guide to providing content for dissemination electronically.

This is one of the very few books that systematically explores the characteristics of scholarly communication outside the West.

This book brings together many of the worlds leading open access experts to provide an analysis of the key strategic, technical and economic aspects on the topic of open access.

Scientific Publishing addresses the issue of business models in scientific publishing and how these relate to the research process (e.

This book contains detailed and easy-to-digest information on all aspects of writing, preparing and marketing electronic books (ebooks).

This book has been written with a view to understand the validity of the perceptions of Open Access (OA) e-journals in the Library and Information Science (LIS) field.

Throughout its history, the Western library has played a significant role in bringing the book to the hands of Western scholars.

Aimed at knowledge management professionals and students in the field of knowledge management, information science, information systems and software engineering, the book provides answers to the 'what-is' and 'why-is' questions with regard to knowledge management.

This book is aimed at those who are involved in Knowledge Management (KM) or have recently been appointed to deliver KM in services, operational or production environments.

This book brings together the results of several years of analysis of knowledge management systems (KMS) implementations and the experience of leading organisations in the Silicon Valley, to provide a practical guide on key strategic, technical and economic aspects of knowledge management systems implementations.

Aimed at knowledge management professionals and students in the field of knowledge management and information science, this book highlights issues in organisational cultures that can impact the implementation of knowledge management.

Addresses the key skills that are required in organisations in the information intensive society.

Written by a former vice president of Wolters Kluwer, the leading international publishing group.

Taxonomies are often thought to play a niche role within content-oriented knowledge management projects.

Presents a comprehensive set of lessons for the KM practitioner, covering all phases of planning, design, implementation and assessment of knowledge management.

This book focuses on various aspects of KM - including social, political and philosophical perspectives; practical perspectives; cross-cultural perspectives and theoretical perspectives.

This book focuses on basic knowledge management (KM) concepts and their inter-relationships.

The key focus of this book is to integrate elements of information and knowledge management, together with the business process and intellectual capital.

Covers the priorities and challenges facing organisations who are increasingly focused on 'knowledge work'; it is written from a human relations - rather than a technological - perspective.

This book serves as a reference for individuals interested in knowledge management (KM) and educational issues surrounding KM.

The phrase "e;lessons learned is such a common one, yet people struggle with developing effective lessons learned approaches.

Library Web Ecology is a thorough reference to help professionals in Library and Information Science (LIS) to develop a sustainable, usable, and highly effective website.

Targeted at Library and Information Science (LIS) professionals, this book concentrates on usability evaluation methods used to design usable and user-centered library websites.

This is a cross-disciplinary text book on web-based information management for students, faculty and practitioners (in business, industry and government).